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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The best deals and offers on the web

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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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Nooka Wall Clock

$500 or more for a clock might seem crazy, but hear us out. Nooka has been making awesome watches that, while occasionally hard to read are incredibly fun and eye catching. If only there were a wall mountable, huge (9" x 9") version of one of their watches... Well, now…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Articles
Things a Rockstar Would Never Do

Artwork by Jenniart

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Food
Red Oak Burger Grilling Planks

We've all flirted with the idea of creating some signature burger while standing in the kitchen with the grill lit out on the deck.  Usually though after a variety of odd spice blends, foreign cheese mixtures and crushed potato chip layers, we realize we just want a standard burger.  With that…

By Mike Newman
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Contests & Give-Aways
GIVEAWAY: 2 Kisai Denshoku LED Watches

In case you were too busy with TPS reports to get the memo, you can now Shop Cool Material. The closely curated collection of generally awesome stuff includes almost everything that a man needs to get through every day situations stylishly - at prices that won't break anyone's bank. Speaking…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Pulz Billiard Ball Wooden Pendant Lights

It's sad that smokey old pool halls are disappearing at a rate faster than even a magic 8 ball could predict.  Where former bars of bottom shelf whiskey, lurking sharks and nights of debaucherous  fun used to stand now are Walmarts and Sonic drive-thrus.  Even if you don't have the…

By Mike Newman
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